Partner Economics & Incentives Manager

About the role

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies that turn virtual intimacy into the new normal, with a portfolio of social entertainment platforms connecting people across cultures and regions. Its international team of digital nomads works remotely from around the world. SDG is looking for a Partner Economics & Incentives Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Design the architecture of commissions, bonuses, promotions and commercial leagues, including the economics of tier moves and status retention.
• Turn quantity and quality targets into clear partner actions and commercial incentives.
• Calculate incremental results, payouts, payback, margin and sensitivity, excluding organic growth.
• Design pilots, anti-fraud rules, accrual rules and disputed cases with Analytics, Finance and Compliance/Legal.
• Maintain a single catalogue of programmes, hand over conditions to account managers, evaluate the effect after a bonus ends and propose scaling, changing or stopping it.

Required profile

• Understanding of partner and platform unit economics: payouts, margin, cost to serve, payback.
• Ability to design incentives tied to specific behaviour change and measure incremental effect using baselines, comparison groups and costs.
• Experience designing commercial leagues and tiers (entry, promotion, status loss).
• Knowledge of anti-fraud: artificial activity, multi-accounts, metric manipulation.
• Financial modelling and sensitivity analysis.

What we offer

• Remote work full-time; pay level shared with candidates before employment starts.
• 28 calendar days of vacation and 7 wellness days per year.
• Kindergarten or school fee reimbursement of up to $1,000 gross per year per child.
• Bonuses up to $5,000 for recommending successful applicants, and 50% payment for professional training and conferences.
• Discount on English lessons and health benefits, with up to $1,000 gross per year per employee for health insurance or medical fees.
• Equipped workplace in offices or co-working spaces, or reimbursement of workplace costs up to $1,000 gross once every 3 years.
• An internal gamified gratitude system with rewards from colleagues.